Company Connections SE Michigan

Company Connections SE Michigan is a full-service Middle Market Merger & Acquisition firm. Our office represents owners of closely held corporations throughout Michigan, Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. In addition to our M&A services we provide expert financing for Company Sales, Capital Additions and Equity (Machinery & Equipment Purchases, Plant Expansions, Receivable Factoring, and more). Our clients include entrepreneurs seeking to start new businesses, business owners in need of expansion capital, asset diversification (divestitures and reinvestment) or an exit strategy to realize premium value for their most important asset - their Company.

As a Company Connections Affiliate Office we are able to access buyers for our client's companies from around the world. Our seller representation is regional but our marketing outreach is global.

We at Company Connections understand and respect the hard work it takes to build a successful company and we take a practical, down-to-earth approach when working with companies. By working together, our clients are able to focus on their business, execute their business plans and achieve their well-deserved success.

Company Connections SE Michigan Principal's Bios:

Brett A. Homovec
Principal
brett@companyconnections.net

Brett Homovec is the Principal of Company Connections of Southeast Michigan and also founder and President of Peak Blue Ventures Inc., a consulting firm serving entrepreneurs and business owners with strategy and implementation of business development plans, corporate finance and capital raising activities, and mergers and acquisition advisory services. Brett formed Company Connections of Southeast Michigan to join the Company Connections network for M&A services. He also provides corporate finance services to Company Connection clients when consensus is reached that acquisition or growth funding will best serve our client. Whether it be funding your expansion plans or managing the sale of your business, our goal is to help business owners and their management teams achieve peak values for their companies.

Brett served as President and COO of Enercorp, Inc., a closed-end Investment Company and business development company. At Enercorp, Brett was responsible for originating investment opportunities and providing on-going assistance and advice to investee companies, including corporate finance transactions, strategic acquisitions and divestitures. Prior to Enercorp, Brett served as a Principal and General Manager to a group of privately-owned luxury automotive retail centers, helping expand from a single location to four exclusive dealerships. He directed corporate affairs for companies with over $120 million in sales, including finance, accounting, insurance, regulatory compliance and corporate litigation. Brett also served as Vice President of Corporate Development and Franchise Operations for Sterling Optical Corporation, the nation's fourth largest optical retailer.

Brett gained his Corporate Finance/Mergers and Acquisitions experience as a Vice President in the Investment Banking Group for Rodman & Renshaw Inc. in New York and Chicago, where he advised business owners, corporate clients and financial buyers on business valuations, M&A and private placements. He also served as a Senior Associate in the Dean Witter Reynolds Corporate Finance Group and as an audit professional for Touche Ross & Co. in New York.

Brett graduated from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in Economics and received his MBA in Finance from New York University - Stern School of Business.

Ralend F. Homovec
Managing Director
ralend@companyconnections.net

Ralend ('Ral') Homovec is a Managing Director with Company Connections of Southeast Michigan and Peak Blue Ventures Inc. For over fifty years, Ral has managed sales and production operations for various manufacturers (primarily automotive suppliers) in Michigan and Ohio. He has extensive manufacturing experience and exceptional knowledge of automotive, truck and ancillary markets, having worked and consulted with many highly acquisitive, strategic buyers.

Upon attending Fenn College in Cleveland, Ohio, majoring in mechanical engineering, Ral began his professional career with Ingersoll Rand Pneumatics. He later joined the new products division of Maremont Corporation, serving as Vice President Original Equipment Sales for North America and Europe.

After 22 years with Maremont, Ral joined Lemforder Corporation, a German-owned automotive supplier specializing in steering and suspension components. Lemforder was a new entrant to the U.S. OEM market. As Vice President of Sales and Manufacturing, Ral successfully instituted Q101 and QS9000 quality standards and directed the design and manufacturing of machined metal, injected plastic, molded rubber and rubber metal components. Lemforder's U.S. operations grew rapidly and profitably, as Ral secured nearly all major U.S. automotive and truck manufacturers who benefited from the exceptional quality and engineering of Lemforder's products.

In 1990, Ral founded Homovec Industries, Inc., a Michigan corporation, and has served as an engineering and sales/marketing consultant to manufacturers of various products, including electro-mechanical, plastic injection molding, die casting, molded and machined parts, extrusions and many others.